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Computers are your future / Bill Daley.

By: Publication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.Edition: Brief editionDescription: xv, 439 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780536179289
  • 053617928X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004 22 DAL
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Chapter 1. Computers the web
computer fundamental
Understanding the computer basic definitions
Input: getting data into the computer
Processing: transforming data into information.
etc

Chapter 2.System software : the operating environment.
The operating system
Starting the computer
Managing programs
Managing memory
Handling input and output
etc.


Chapter 3. Application software: Tools for productivity
Types of application software
Horizontal applications: General-purpose programs
Vertical applications: Anew way to share files
Software licenses and registration
Installing and managing application software


Chapter 4. Inside the system unit
Describing hardware performance
How computer represents data
Introducing the system unit
What's on the outside of the box

Chapter 5. Input/Output and storage
Input device: Giving commands
Output device: Engaging our senses
Storage: Holding data for future use
Storage device


Chapter 6. Networks: Communicating and sharing resources
Network fundamentals
Types of computer networks: LANs and WANs


Chapter 7. The Internet and world wide Web
The internet history
The internet and Web: What's the different?
How the internet works
Accessing the internet and Web
Exploring the internet services

Chapter 8. Wired and Wireless communication
Wire communication via the PSTN
Wireless transmission media
Convergence: Is it a phone or a computer:
Wire and wireless home networks
Wired and Wireless Applications

Includes index: Varying pages

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